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LARRY DEE SHERMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 13, 1946 – March 13, 1968
Service recordLarry Dee Sherman, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 41
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 509 ENG CO 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “509 ENG CO 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 41
- VERNON ROBERT STEADPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- TODD EARLE SWANSONPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- RUBEN NOAH TACKETTSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- J ATHAN THEODORESergeant · March 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD DEANPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 34
- RAYMOND PAUL DOBRZYNSKISpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 35
- WILLIAM JAMES HONDELSecond Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 37
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.